Alcohol Control Policy in Europe: Overview and Exemplary Countries

Epidemiology and alcohol policy in Europe.

AIMS To describe three aspects of the epidemiology of alcohol-attributable deaths in Europe, dose, demography and place, and to illustrate how such knowledge can better be used to inform alcohol policy formulation and implementation. DESIGN epidemiological and population health modeling. SETTING Europe. PARTICIPANTS Based on country-specific aggregate statistics. MEASUREMENTS EXPOSUR...

Tobacco control in Europe: a policy review.

Tobacco is responsible for the death of 6 million people every year globally, of whom 700 000 are in Europe. Effective policies for tobacco control exist; however, the status of their implementation varies across the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region. In order to tackle the tobacco epidemic, action has been taken though the implementation of both legally binding and non-legally bi...

Alcohol Control Policy and Native American Communities

An Overview: the Issues and the National Alcohol Policy

It was a pleasure to be approached by the Institute of Criminology and asked to give an overview of this Conference and to link this to Australia's Health Policy on Alcohol. At the outset, it should be said that in endeavouring to give this brief overview, it is not possible to adequately present the substantial and diverse range of views intended by authors. Rather, my observations of the key ...

Comparative Analysis of Alcohol Control Policies in 30 Countries

BACKGROUND Alcohol consumption causes an estimated 4% of the global disease burden, prompting governments to impose regulations to mitigate the adverse effects of alcohol. To assist public health leaders and policymakers, the authors developed a composite indicator-the Alcohol Policy Index-to gauge the strength of a country's alcohol control policies. METHODS AND FINDINGS The Index generates ...